Home is Where the Heart is

The 24 members of the Light the Future choir ventured all over Oklahoma for two months in Oct. and Nov. 2014, going to the zoo, riding roller coasters at Frontier City, going ice skating, attending a Thunder game, meeting the OU football team, and staying with families all over the metro.   The children experienced […]Read more

Shout it From the Rooftops

  After breaking ground on the Maisha Academy in July 2014, the building is finally taking shape. The walls and a few other finishing touches still need to be completed, but an essential piece is currently under construction – the roof.   The building will have 10 classrooms and give the academy the ability to […]Read more

Step by Step, Brick by Brick

The Maisha Academy is on its way to being 10,000 bricks closer to completion. The Advocating Change Together (ACT) Club at Edmond Memorial High School is hosting a 5k run to raise money to build the Maisha Academy. For each dollar donated, a brick is given to the Maisha Academy. Their goal is $10,000 – […]Read more

Have You Heard About #maishamonday???

Each Monday, we invite our followers to post their pictures that showcase The Maisha Project on social media using the hashtag #maishamonday. Then, we choose one each week to feature on our Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.   So far, over 50 pictures and videos have been posted with Maisha kids and adults in them. We […]Read more

Maisha in December

The holiday season has started and is in full swing here at Maisha. In the office, we have been gathering Christmas letters from sponsors to send to the kids. The letters will arrive with our Winter Team who is packed and ready to depart this coming week. The Christmas boxes sponsors filled with clothes, shoes, […]Read more

There’s Only One – Boomer Sooner!

Maisha’s Light the Future Choir from Kenya stood on the turf, performing for the University of Oklahoma’s Football team on Oct. 21. The players clapped their hands with smiles on their faces as the kids’ song echoed throughout the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.   OU’s Head Football Coach Bob Stoops welcomed the kids onto […]Read more

Dream Big Dreams

One of the values we instill in the children of Maisha is to dream big dreams. It’s a lesson we’ve learned ourselves through every step we take at Maisha.   The prospect of gathering all the required documentation, getting all the required permissions, finding host homes and funding this endeavor (to mention a few) were […]Read more

Light the Future Success

We’ve long dreamed of having children of Maisha and Mama Grace come from Kenya to attend our annual gala in Oklahoma. Light the Future 2014 saw the fruition of that dream!   On Saturday, October 18th, the Light the Future Choir sang and danced their way into the hearts of the attendees of Maisha’s annual […]Read more

Christmas in June

In Christmas 2013, Maisha sponsors bought their children solar lights. The delivery of the lights was delayed for quite a while, but the kids finally got their presents in June of 2014.   Beatrice Williamson, Maisha founder, said the kids were overjoyed to receive their gifts they had been eagerly anticipating. Even though the special […]Read more

Discipling Generations

The vision of The Maisha Project is to “bring hope to the hopeless and light to the darkness.” We believe one of the best ways to achieve this is by giving our kids a spiritual foundation to build their lives upon. Recently, The Maisha Project was able to take a big step in seeing this […]Read more

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